Req ID: 6443
Directorate: Childrens Services
Categories: Children Community Services
Locations: Harrow, United Kingdom
Position Type: ['Fixed-term']
Full/Part-time: Full Time
Hours per week: ['36']
Closing Date: 18/10/2026
The London Borough of Harrow is looking for passionate and dedicated Early Support Practitioners to join our Early Support Service and help make a positive difference to the lives of children, young people and families across the borough. Working with age ranges from pre-birth through to 25 years, you will play an important role in delivering high-quality early intervention and preventative support, helping families build resilience, improve wellbeing and achieve better outcomes. Through a combination of individual support, group work, parenting programmes and health and education activities, you will help ensure that children and young people receive the right support at the right time.
As part of a skilled and supportive multi-disciplinary team, you will work closely with children, young people, parents, carers and partner organisations to identify needs, create opportunities and deliver evidence-based interventions. You will contribute to the planning and delivery of engaging activities, support families to access services, promote safeguarding and inclusion, and work collaboratively across Children's Centres, Youth Services and community settings. The role requires a proactive and compassionate approach, with a strong commitment to helping families overcome challenges and reach their full potential.
These roles offer an exciting opportunity to develop your career within a service that is committed to continuous improvement and outstanding practice. Depending on grade and level of responsibility, you may undertake key worker functions, complete Early Support Needs Analyses, lead targeted interventions and support families experiencing more complex challenges. Above all, you will embody Harrow's values of Be Courageous, Do It Together and Make It Happen, helping to deliver responsive, inclusive and impactful services that improve outcomes for children, young people and families across the borough.
2 year fixed-term contract.
The successful candidate will:
For further information please refer to Role Profile/Selection Criteria
We are the London Borough of Harrow.
Rich in culture, heritage and an entrepreneurial hotspot, we pride ourselves as one of London’s most diverse boroughs.
We want Harrow to be a great place to live, work and visit, a place where people are proud to call home, feel safe and supported and where communities flourish.
Putting residents first is at the heart of everything we do. Within this lies a commitment to deliver services and experiences where the wellbeing and needs of our residents are met and are of a high standard.
With a workforce of more than 3000 employees, we want to be a council that staff are proud to work for, where everyone feels empowered to excel and is given the opportunity to thrive – all while serving our 250,000+ residents.
We want our staff to share the same level of ambition and drive to delivering our plans within the business and wider community. These are centred around three core priorities:
- A council that puts residents first
- A borough that is clean and safe
- A place where those in need are supported
We deliver our services and achieve our goals through our core values: to Be Courageous, to Do It Together and to Make It Happen. These are the main drivers to delivering our priorities and achieving our goals.
Our vision is to work together to continue to make a difference for Harrow, where people choose to do business, to live, work and visit.
